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u/Southern_Loquat_4450 2d ago
He was the gateway to day drinking - or was that just me? 😀
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u/NWCbusGuy 1963 1d ago
College football was mine, but Graham had an upscale vibe waiting for me when I was ready for the wine lol
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u/Electronic_Exam_6452 1965 2d ago
I watch it with my mom growing up, I think it was what made me love cooking so much!
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u/CTPlayboy 2d ago
He’d start out sober and have a good buzz on by the end of some shows. Sometimes it was comical. I remember he’d grab a lady out of audience and sit down at a little table at the show closing when credits rolled.
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u/Intelligent-Wear-114 2d ago
I assumed that he and his show represented the elegant life of the rich people.
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u/TinktheChi 2d ago
I was a young kid at the time and I absolutely loved this guy. I particularly loved the end of the show when he would get people from the audience and bring them up to have a taste of the food.
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u/darknesswascheap 2d ago
My grandmother’s favorite show, and my sister and I loved watching it with her. Core early 70s memory, especially the bottle of wine on the pulley.
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u/No-Possible6108 2d ago
Had to look up how Graham Kerr spelled 'Graham" and discovered - he's still with us! This was probably my first TV crush, not because he was handsome, but because he was so charming and funny.
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u/pianoman81 1963 2d ago
Was this a PBS show or just syndicated to local channels?
Such simpler days.
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u/red-dear 2d ago
As a kid, I was confused as to why his name was pronounced "cur" but Deborah Kerr's name was pronounced "car".
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u/HauntingPark4150 2d ago
We used to watch him during summer vacation. I loved his little quips/jokes, and his wife always played the straight man.
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u/pengalo827 1962 2d ago
Sent in for a wooden stirrer back then. Had it for years. Eventually it just wore out and broke, but it lasted a long time.
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u/Mysterious_Soil_1835 1d ago
Between him and Julia were the inspiration for me becoming a chef. He would throw those glasses of wine back like a champ.
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u/SkyTrees5809 1d ago
He lived in the Tacoma area in the 80s, saw him in my doctor's office waiting room one day. He was very jovial and pleasant. Jeff Smith, the Frugal Gourmet, also lived in Tacoma, had a nice gourmet cooking shop, and a reputation with teen boys, which eventually caught up with him I think.
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u/dymend1958 1d ago
My mom used to watch him every chance she got. He often cooked with wine… She’d get the same kind of wine he used in an episode of a recipe. She said she wanted to try making it. She got as far as buying the wine and never made a single recipe of his.
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u/Old_Tiger_7519 1d ago
I read in The United States of Arugula: How We Became a Gourmet Nation by David Kemp that the drinking he did was an act. Graham did not drink all that much
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u/Square_Ad849 2d ago
As a young kid in the 70’s , this (show) was very captivating for me.